I had a phone interview today with the Dean of Admissions at a school I applied to (I won't say which one) and he said I would be accepted as long as I told him I would be attending in the fall. He also asked which schools I had been accepted to and asked if the school he represented was my top choice. The school happens to be one of my top choices but I couldn't make the decision right then and there so he gave me a week. If I commit to that school within a week then I'll be accepted.

This is actually not allowed by the LSAC Good Practices Guideline (something like that), based on my understanding of what you said. Under the good practices guidelines, schools cannot ask applicants their preference of schools/ranking of schools.

Of course, this is based on a brief reading of the guidelines for another purpose, so you should check them out yourself. They also change after April 1st, but I don't know if this part does or not.

This is not uncommon. I had a school on the east coast do this...they called to see if I was still interested and if I would accept an offer if a seat were to open up. I said, "yes." Three days later they called back and said a seat opened up and offered me admission.

Relevant (http://www.lsac.org/lsacresources/Publi ... oodadm.pdf):5. Except under binding early decision plans or for academicterms beginning in the spring or summer, no law schoolshould require an enrollment commitment of any kind to anoffer of admission or scholarship prior to April 1. Admittedapplicants who have submitted a timely financial aidapplication should not be required to commit to enroll byhaving to make a nonrefundable financial commitment untilnotified of financial aid awards that are within control of thelaw school.6. After April 1, except under binding early decision plans, every accepted applicant should be free to accept a new offer from a law school even though a scholarship has been accepted, a deposit has been paid, or a committment has been madeto another school. To provide applicants with an uncoercedchoice among various law schools, no excessivenonrefundable deposit should be required solely to maintaina place in the class. Beginning on May 15 of each year, lawschools that participate in the Commitment Overlap Servicewill be provided with information concerning all enrollmentcommitments to any law school made by those applicantswho have indicated an intention to enroll in that school’sentering class. A law school should clearly communicate itspolicies on multiple enrollment commitments upon admission.